Which Came First: Burden of Infectious Disease or Poverty?

Jonathan Chase

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001457

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Which Came First: Burden of Infectious Disease or Poverty?

Jonathan Chase

* E-mail: jmchase88@gmail.com

Affiliation Freelance Science Writer, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Which Came First: Burden of Infectious Disease or Poverty?

Jonathan Chase

Published: December 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001457

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Jonathan Chase

* E-mail: jmchase88@gmail.com

Affiliation Freelance Science Writer, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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